Happy Hour at Park & Co.: Hungry for Action

There’s nothing more frustrating to your humble correspondent than a happy hour without food. Yes, liquor discounts are truer to the original spirit of happy hour, when folks would go out for pre-dinner drinks with little more than pretzels to sustain them. Now, most people eat around cocktails and beers,…

DIA’s Pop-Up Beer Garden Is Worth the Trip

Marlo found herself with a few hours to kill at Denver International Airport last Friday afternoon. She’d flown in from Washington, D.C. and planned to meet up with her cousin before they drove into Denver, but his flight was late. She was heading toward the USO Center — which, for…

Five Top Tips for Surviving the Great American Beer Festival

The Great American Beer Festival is upon us, and although tickets were hard to get, there are nearly 60,000 people who will be attending sessions at the Colorado Convention Center from October 2 through October 4. Many are people who attend year after year; others are first-timers or haven’t been…

Run Away to the Treehouse Patio at the Weathervane Cafe

A few weeks ago, I stopped by the Weathervane Cafe to work; having left my office job, I’ve been cafe-hopping. The Weathervane is one of those places that I’ve passed a million times and always meant to try; a September day with snow predicted seemed just the right time for…

Denver Loves Oktoberfest, According to Facebook

If you’re a Denverite who loves social media and German beer, you’ve probably already hoisted your one-liter mug and toasted “der Gemütlichkeit” at either Denver’s official Oktoberfest downtown or at one of the many bars and restaurants partaking in the annual Bavarian festival. We know what you’ve been up to…

Happy Hour at Central Bistro: Cheers to the View

I was wandering the Highland neighborhood, hunting for that most rare of beasts: a happy hour that runs until 7 p.m. Once the clock hits six, it’s time for most restaurants to put away the small menus, top off that happy hour sangria and roll out the red carpet for…

Photos: Great Divide Brewing Breaks Ground on Its River North Campus

Although demolition began last week, Great Divide Brewing officially broke ground Tuesday on its planned $38.2 million, five-acre brewing campus on the banks of the South Platte River in Denver’s River North neighborhood. Brian Dunn, who founded the brewery in 1994 on Araphahoe Street, rode into the ceremony in a…

Happy Hour at the Horseshoe Lounge: It Must Be a Neighborhood Thing

What’s best about The Horseshoe Lounge is that it’s competent and comfortable. What’s worst is that it’s competent and comfortable. It’s almost unfair for an out-of-towner to judge this neighborhood bar on the basis of one quick-and-dirty happy hour, but the regulars here must feel something special that I didn’t…

Acorn Gets a Little Nutty With an Almond Milk Tiki Cocktail

The Nationalized Tiki at Acorn Last week’s dip into near-freezing temperatures got us thinking that winter is on its way, but relax — we’re looking at a few more weeks of warm weather here in Denver. It may even hit 90 degrees on Thursday, so what better way to hang…